Support for electric service wires and cables.



No. 879,765. PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908.

' GREENLEAP & T. A. DIESEL. EUPPOET FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE W IRES ANDGABL'ES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23.1907.

W/TNESSES cross section of the same, and Fig. 4 is a portinga cable G, as hereinafter more fully UNITn EDWARD HIRAM GREENLEAF AND THEGDORE AUGUSTINE DISSEL, OFNEWBURGH NEW YORK.

SUPPORT FOR ELECQRIG SEEV WERES All]? CABLES.

iatented Feb. 18, 1908.

' Application filed July 21% 1907 Serial l lo. 385.098-

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, EDWARD H. LEAF and THEODORE A. DISSEL, citizens 'of the United States, and residents of Newburgh, in the county of Orange and Sta e of New York, have invented a new and lrnproved Support for Electric Service Ni-es and Cables, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to overhead sup ports for electric service wires and cables, such as are used in suburban and country tele hone systems and the like.

T 1e object of the invention is to providea new and improved support for electric service wires and cables, arranged to permit of quickly and securely fastening the supports in place on a span wire or the like, to allow of conveniently laying the service wires or twisted pairs in osition in the supports and drawing the ca les in position, and to permit of running any one of the service wires or twisted pairs to a house from any point along the line.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of thiss eci'fication, in which similar characters of re erence indicate corres ending parts in all the views.

igure 1 is a side elevation of the'improvement arranged as an overhead support for telephone wires and cables; Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the same; 3 is a cross section of the improvement, showing mpre particularly the running-on hook for running a service wire or twisted pair to house at any point of the line.

The poles A are provided with the usual clamping devices B for supporting a wire Con which are sprung the support devices D forcarrying sets of service wires or twisted pairs E and E, and also for suoexplained. Each of the supporting devices 50. l

D is formed of a single piece of spring wire bent to form a gripping device adapted to he sprung by an operator on to the span wire to firmly-attach the supporting; device l l l l l 1 1 its own resiliency to the span wire .C and without the use oi or other manipulations on the part of the operator.

The gripping device is formed by bending the piece wire into coils D D alternatel on opposite sides and connected with eaci other top cross-members or saddles D it being understood that when the supporting device D is sprung in place, the coils D, 2 by their own resilienc T iirrnly grip opposite sides of the s an wire Q wine the top members or sadd es D rest on top of the span wire C. The end coils terminate in curved or trough-shaped arms D*, D, extending transversely in opposite directions on opposite sides of the span wire C, as plainly indicated hi 3, the said arms D D being adapted to carry the sets of service wires. or.

twisted p airs E, and E laid in the open arms, as be readily understood by reference to l. 3. New by having the open arms D, L at the ends oi each support and extend g in opposite directions on opposi e sides or the span wire C, two sets of service wires or twisted pairs can be conveniently placed in position and supported, without disturbthe other fastening means F ing the equilibrium of the support or loosening the same on the span wire C. The single piece or wire of which each support D is cable G is drawn by the use of arope, the

loop supporting the said cable. The iece of spring wire is double at the loop to form a broad support for the cable G and the loop is open and has its terminal bent to one s de to allow of conveniently placing the rope in position in the loop, preliminary to drawing the cable into position by the use of the rope.

By the arrangement described a large number of service wiresor twisted pairs as well as a heavy cable can be readily supported hy the improvement, and by con-- structing the supporting devices D in the describes. they can be readily apped orsprung i to place by hand, the air rratii clamping coils :l), D firmly grip i e sides of the span wire C, to hold inst movement in any di-- Vhen it is desired to run one of the service wires or twisted pairs E or IC from the line to a house, then use is made of a runningoif hook H, made of a single iece of wire and bent into clamping coils I H similar to the clamping coils I), D previously mentioned, and likewise engaging the span wire 0, as plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and 4. A portion of the wire forming the runningoff hook H is twisted, and the twisted portion is bent into a hook H extending sidewise, for the passage of the service wire or twisted pair 111 or E, toiconduct the same from any point of the line to the house, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 1. Now by having the running-off hook H constructed in the manner above set forth, it is evident that it can be conveniently placed by the operator in position at any point along the span wire 0, to suit existing conditions.

By having the arms D, D arranged in the manner described, it is evident that the serv ice Wires or twisted pairs can be conveniently laid by the line-men, in position on the supports, and by having the loops l) constructed in the manner set forth, it is evident that the cable G can be readily drawn through the said loop D by the use of the ordinary drawing rope.

The supporting devices I) as well-as the running-off hooks H can be very cheaply constructed and readily placed in position by a line-man without the use of special tools or the like.

Having thus described our invention, We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A support for electric service wire'sand cables comprising a span wire and a devicefor carrying the wires or cables, the device having, coils adapted to be sprung in place on I the span wire to engage the same by the re 1 silicncy of the members of the coils, toliold the device in place on the span wire.

2. A support for electric service wires comprising a span wire and a device having coils and supporting arms for the service wires,

the coils being adapted to be sprung in place on the span. wire to hold the device in place thereon, and the said arms being arranged to receive and hold the service wires.

3. A support for electric service wires com- )risin a s an wire and a device liavi'n coils and a dcpcnding loop for the reception ol sci-vice wires or cables, the coils being adaptcd to bo spriing'in place on the span wire to hold the ilcvicc in place thereon, and the said (ll-pending loop being arranged to permit ol' placing a drawing rope in' position thc'cin l'or drawing it lic cablc into thc said loop.

'3, i\ sii 'iport l'or clcctric scrvi :c wircs com prising a span wire and a device having coils and supporting arms l'or thescrvice wircs,-,

span wire, the

the coils being adapted to be sprung in place.

ceive and hold the service wires, and the said coils being connected with each other by cross pieces forming a saddle'adapted to rest on the top pf the span wire.

5. Asupport'for electric service wires comprisinga span wire and a device having coils and a depending loop for lhe reception of service wires or cables, the coils being adapted to be sprung in place on the span wire to hold the device in place thereon, the said de pending loop being arranged to permit of placing a drawing rope in position therein for drawing the cable into the saidloop, and the said coils being connected with each other by cross pieces forming a saddle adapted to rest on the top of the span wire.

6. A support for electric service wires comprising a span wire and a device having coils and a sidewise extending open hook, the coils being adapted to be sprung in place on the span wire to hold the device in place-thereon and the said open hook being adapted to receive a service wire and dellect the same to one side of the main line.

7. A support for electric service wires made from a siifgle piece of wire bent to form a gripping device consisting of a pluralityrof clamping coils alternating on opposite sides ,of the support and adapted to grip by their own resiliency,

a span Wire, the coils being connected at the top by cross pieces forming a saddle'for engagement with the top of the span Wire. Y

8. A support for electric service wires,

made from a single piece of wire bent to form a gripping device consisting of a plurality of clamping coils alternating on opposite sides of the support and adapted to grip-by their own resiliency a span wire, the coils being connected at the top by cross pieces forming a saddle for engagement with the top of the span wire, thcsaid single piece of wire terminating in a sidewise extending open arm for the reception of the servicewires or jtwistcd pairs 9.,A support for electric service wires,

made from a single piece of wire bent to form a gripping device consisting of a plurality of clamping coils alternating on opposite sides of the support and adapted to gripby their own resiliency a span \wire, the coils being connected at the top by cross pieces loriiiing a saddle for engagement with the topoi' the said single piece of wire being bent to l'or'in a depending loop for thereccpw tion .1 a service wire or cable.

- H). A support for electric service wires made l'roni a single piece ol wire bent to form a grippingdevicc consisting (il' a plurality of clamping coils alternating on opposite sides ol the support and adapted to grin hv their i 21 bent to forme depending ownresiliency a span Wire, the coils being connected at the top by cross pieces forming a saddle for engagement with the top of the span wire, the said single ])iece of Wire being 00p for the reception of a service Wire or cable, the single piece of Wire being doubled at the said 100p.

In testimony whereof We have Signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EDWARD HIRAi'i GREENLEAF. THEODORE AUGUSTINE DISSEL.

Witnesses:

Tnno. G. HOSTER, 'EVERARD B. MARSHALL. 

